Student housing bubble

A weekend topic starting with RE Business Online. "The multifamily sector is like the Energizer Bunny, says Jamie Woodwell, vice president of commercial and multifamily research for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Although 600,000 units are currently under construction nationally…

From WGLT on Illinois. "For years, Illinois State University has been knocking down old dorms and nudging its sophomores, junior, and seniors into off-campus apartments. Developers and landlords looking to make a buck responded by building more and more apartment…

A report from the Wall Street Journal. "A strong economy helped lift commercial real-estate sales to near-record levels last year, and many investors are counting on low interest rates to keep sales going in 2019. Now the Federal Reserve’s announcement…

A report from Bisnow on Washington. "Nationally, economists are almost unanimously expecting and preparing for the next recession. But here in Seattle, we may do a bit better than the rest of the world thanks to the focus on technology…

A report from the Denver Post in Colorado. "New apartments continue to pour onto the market, pushing down average rents in metro Denver for the second quarter in a row and boosting the vacancy rate a tad, according to the…

A Q and A from Willamete Week in Oregon. "How many apartments are under construction and expected to come online in 2019? I see their unoccupied, half-finished bulks everywhere and wonder: Are we about to see a glut and resulting…

A report from the Real Deal on New York. "When sales launched at the Baltic in Park Slope back in 2016, the condo building had the market to itself. But then things started softening, and more nearby developments started launching…

A weekend topic starting with the Wall Street Journal. "An important indicator in the U.S. commercial real-estate market is signaling that a decade long bull run is on shaky ground heading into the new year. The gap between long-term borrowing…

A report from Crain's New York Business. "Manhattan rents fell by 1.9% last month compared to the year before when accounting for concessions by landlords, according to appraisal firm Miller Samuel. Rents are correcting themselves after prices rose beyond what…

A report from KVAL in Oregon. "Rent prices in Eugene have gone down the past two months, according to a San Francisco real estate research firm. The Lane County Rental Owners Association has seen this trend as well. The president…